1Sa 17:48-54 | ESV | STEP | When the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David , David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine .

1 Samuel 17:48-54

48 When the Philistine arose and came and drew near to meet David, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet the Philistine. 49 And David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone and slung it and struck the Philistine on his forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the ground.

50 So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and struck the Philistine and killed him. There was no sword in the hand of David. 51 Then David ran and stood over the Philistine ^aand took his sword and drew it out of its sheath and killed him and cut off his head with it. When the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, ^bthey fled. 52 And the men of Israel and Judah rose with a shout and pursued the Philistines as far as Gath ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew Gai} and the gates of ^dEkron, so that the wounded Philistines fell on the way from ^eShaaraim as far as ^fGath and Ekron. 53 And the people of Israel came back from chasing the Philistines, and they plundered their camp. 54 And David took ^gthe head of the Philistine ^hand brought it to Jerusalem, but he put his armor in his tent.